On the question of enforcement of a smoking ban, I'll repeat again that the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act had no efficient enforcement provisions. Compliance was initially slow but picked up as people came to expect adequate no-smoking sections and understood that no signs meant no smoking. As Barb Lickness points out:
Crack and pot are banned too. That hasn't stopped anyone who wants some from getting it and anyone who wants to use it from using it pretty much anywhere they choose. Our licensing inspectors and police don't have time to enforce the bans we already have in place. What good is it going to do to add more to the already neglected pile. Get real! Barb Lickness We might note that there is no problem in restaurants or bars of second hand smoke from pot or crack. I know of no studies on second hand effects from either. I think Barb is telling us that a ban works. Phyllis Kahn State Rep. 59B REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
